The Klingons Have Entered the Playmobil Universe

If there was any query that Playmobil had its focusing on methods locked on grownup collectors, the corporate’s Star Trek line removes all doubt. Following up on a very gigantic and obscenely costly $500 USS Enterprise playset, Playmobil is introducing a worthy adversary for Captain Kirk with a brand new Klingon Bird-of-Prey set packed stuffed with adorably bloodthirsty figures.

Like the USS Enterprise, Playmobil has gone utterly excessive with its recreation of the Bird-of-Prey which relies on the warship’s look in Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, after which once more in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, when Kirk and co. use the commandeered ship to return to 1986 to gather a bunch of whales to cease the damaging results of an alien probe.

This model of the Bird-of-Prey (or the HMS Bounty, should you ask Dr. McCoy) hasn’t been modified to move wildlife by time, however it does function battery-powered LED lighting and sound results from the flicks, cannons that fireplace tiny missiles, and articulated wings that may be angled into three positions for flight, landings, or going to struggle.

The Bird-of-Prey was a a lot smaller ship than the USS Enterprise, which is represented on this mannequin which additionally contains a bridge with a detachable lid and a viewscreen that may change photographs with swappable discs, however solely sufficient area inside to accommodate a few Klingons.

The playset additionally features a show base formed just like the Klingon empire’s brand and stylized to appear like the rocky floor of the genesis planet from Star Trek III, in addition to a harness for many who’d relatively dangle the mannequin from a ceiling. It additionally comes with six claw-handed Playmobil figures: Captain Kirk, Young Spock, Klingon Commander Kruge, Officer Maltz, Torg, and a further Klingon crew member who’s extremely disposable in battle.

With a $300 price ticket the Playmobil Klingon Bird-of-Prey set is barely extra reasonably priced than the $500 USS Enterprise, and is anticipated to hit US shops in January of 2023.

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